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By Kyle Drennen
Thursday’s network morning shows applauded a “downhearted but unbroken” Hillary Clinton addressing supporters at a Washington gala Wednesday night with her first “emotional speech” since losing to Donald Trump in the presidential race. On ABC’s Good Morning America, co-host Robin Roberts touted Clinton “opening up about that defeat” and sympathetically declared: “Her disappointment and determination to move forward.”
In the report that followed, correspondent David Wright gushed:
“Hillary Clinton has often said when she gets knocked down, she gets
right back up. Well, here she was one week after this stunning upset
addressing an event for the Children's Defense Fund, downhearted but
unbroken.”
He also made sure to remind viewers that Clinton won the popular vote in the November 8 election: “Clinton lost the election but won the popular vote, more than a million votes ahead of Donald Trump....By
the time all the votes had been counted, she may well have earned more
raw votes than all but one of the men ever elected president. The
exception, Barack Obama.”
Wright
noted how “Clinton urged her supporters not to be discouraged” and that
she “steered clear of any direct attacks.” “Instead, she spoke from the
heart,” he explained. A soundbite followed of the defeated Democratic
nominee: “I know that over the past week a lot of people have asked
themselves whether America is the country we thought it was, but, please
listen to me when I say this, America is worth it.”
On NBC’s Today, correspondent Kristen Welker announced: “It was a speech filled with reflection and also raw emotion. Hillary Clinton stepping back into the spotlight, greeted by an overwhelmingly supportive crowd with a standing ovation....A defeat she tried to turn into a call to action.”
The
reporter added: “And as Clinton ended her speech, emotions overflowed
remembering her mother, Dorothy Rodham, who as a small child faced a
difficult life with no way to foresee what her future held.” A clip ran
of Clinton stating: “And I dream of going up to her and saying, ‘Look,
you will survive. And as hard as it might be to imagine, your daughter
will grow up to be a United States senator, represent our country as
Secretary of State, and win more than 62 million votes for President of
the United States.’”
On CBS This Morning, with the headline “Clinton & Closure” emblazoned across the screen, correspondent Nancy Cordes heralded:
These remarks, at times, were pretty personal. After her former boss called her the people's president,
Clinton shed some light on what the last week has been like for
her....She did say that she wishes she could go back in time and tell
her mother that her daughter would go on to win the majority of votes,
about 62 million of them in the race for president.
Here are excerpts of the November 17 coverage on all three networks:
GMA
7:02 AM ET
 ROBIN
ROBERTS: But first Hillary Clinton giving her first speech since
conceding to Donald Trump, opening up about that defeat. Her
disappointment and determination to move forward. ABC's David Wright is
here with details. Good morning, David.
DAVID
WRIGHT: Good morning, Robin. Hillary Clinton has often said when she
gets knocked down, she gets right back up. Well, here she was one week
after this stunning upset addressing an event for the Children's Defense
Fund, downhearted but unbroken.
HILLARY CLINTON: I will admit coming here tonight wasn't the easiest thing for me.
WRIGHT: It was her first appearance after conceding that long, bitter race.
CLINTON:
There have been a few times this past week when all I wanted to do is
just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house
again.
WRIGHT: Clinton lost the election but won the popular vote, more than a million votes ahead of Donald Trump.
CLINTON: I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. I am too. More than I can ever express.
WRIGHT:
By the time all the votes had been counted, she may well have earned
more raw votes than all but one of the men ever elected president. The
exception, Barack Obama. Clinton urged her supporters not to be
discouraged.
CLINTON:
Stay engaged on every level. We need you. America needs you, your
energy, your ambition, your talent. That's how we get through this.
WRIGHT:
Her primary opponent, Bernie Sanders is doing just that. Speaking last
night at a separate event, he called trump's new chief strategist a
racist.
SANDERS:
I call upon Mr. Trump to rescind the appointment that he made of Mr.
Bannon, a president of the United States should not have a racist at his
side, unacceptable.
WRIGHT: For her part, Clinton steered clear of any direct attacks. Instead, she spoke from the heart.
CLINTON:
I know that over the past week a lot of people have asked themselves
whether America is the country we thought it was, but, please listen to
me when I say this, America is worth it.
WRIGHT:
Now Clinton did not say what her own plans are moving forward and had
accepted this invitation to speak at the Children's Defense Fund long
before Election Day – probably hoping it would be a different sort of
speech, George.
STEPHANOPOULOS: That is an understatement. Okay David, thanks very much.
Today
7:14 AM ET
MATT
LAUER: Hillary Clinton was in the nation's capital last night and
delivered an emotional speech. It was her first since conceding the
election. NBC's Kristen Welker has more on that. Hi, Kristen, good
morning.
KRISTEN
WELKER: Hi, Matt, good morning to you. Secretary Clinton spoke at the
Children's Defense fund here in Washington, D.C. last night. That's the
organization where she first began her career. It was a speech filled
with reflection and also raw emotion.
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Hillary Clinton’s Emotional Address; Talks About Losing Election, Urges Supporters to “Never Give Up”]
Hillary Clinton stepping back into the spotlight, greeted by an overwhelmingly supportive crowd with a standing ovation.
HILLARY CLINTON: Oh, thank you!
WELKER: It was an event aimed at helping children in need, but Clinton wasted no time addressing what everyone was thinking.
CLINTON: Now, I will admit, coming here tonight
wasn't the easiest thing for me. There have been a few times this past
week when all I wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book or our
dogs and never leave the house again.
WELKER: A defeat she tried to turn into a call to action.
CLINTON: I ask you to stay engaged. Stay engaged on every level. That's how we get through this.
WELKER: It's the first time Clinton has addressed her stunning loss since she conceded a week ago.
CLINTON: This is painful, and it will be for a long time.
WELKER: And while she was spotted by a hiker last Thursday, Clinton has otherwise stayed out of the public eye.
CLINTON:
I know this isn't easy. I know that over the past week a lot of people
have asked themselves whether America is the country we thought it was.
The divisions laid bear by this election run deep. But please listen to
me when I say this – America is worth it. Fight for our values and
never, ever give up.
WELKER:
And as Clinton ended her speech, emotions overflowed remembering her
mother, Dorothy Rodham, who as a small child faced a difficult life with
no way to foresee what her future held.
CLINTON:
And I dream of going up to her and saying, “Look, you will survive. And
as hard as it might be to imagine, your daughter will grow up to be a
United States senator, represent our country as Secretary of State, and
win more than 62 million votes for President of the United States.”
(...)
CBS This Morning
7:12 AM
GAYLE
KING: Hillary Clinton spoke in Washington last night, one week after
conceding the presidential election. She received a very warm reception
from supporters of the Children's Defense Fund. It's a non-profit
advocacy group she worked as a young lawyer. Clinton told the crowd not
to lose heart and believe in the country and its path forward. Nancy
Cordes looks at Clinton’s first extended remarks since her concession
speech. Nancy, good morning.
NANCY
CORDES: Good morning. Clinton made a commitment before the election to
deliver this speech and so she kept her promise. These remarks, at
times, were pretty personal. After her former boss called her the
people's president, Clinton shed some light on what the last week has
been like for her. Clinton was greeted with a standing ovation and kiss
on the cheek from Marian Wright Edelman, the woman who hired Clinton out
of Yale Law School in the 1970s.
HILLARY CLINTON: I will admit, coming here tonight
wasn't the easy thing for me. There have been a few times this past
week when all I wanted to do is just to curl with a good book or our
dogs and never leave the house again. I know many of you are deeply
disappointed about the results of the election. I am, too. More than I
can ever express.
CORDES:
She has been largely out of sight since her return to private life,
except for this photo captured during a hike in the wood near her
Chappaqua New York home last week.
CLINTON: I urge you, please, don't lose heart. Don't give up on the values we share.
(...)
CORDES: Clinton acknowledged that the base is still reeling.
CLINTON:
I know that over the past week, a lot of people have asked themselves
whether America is the country we thought it was. The divisions laid
bare by this election run deep. But please, listen to me when I say
this: America is worth it.
CORDES:
The former Secretary of State spoke for about 20 minutes and she didn't
give any hints about what might come next for her. She did say that she
wishes she could go back in time and tell her mother that her daughter
would go on to win the majority of votes, about 62 million of them in
the race for president.
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By Matthew Balan
 Thursday's New Day on CNN harped on how supposedly for " millions of American women... the pain runs deep" in the wake of Hillary Clinton's defeat. Kyung Lah touted that "if 2016 was identity politics, women across social media feel theirs is under attack in Clinton's loss." Lah spotlighted three female Clinton supporters at UCLA. One undergraduate revealed, " I've had to wake up to the reality that a lot of America is not like what Los Angeles is like." Surprisingly, Alisyn Camerota admitted, " People on the coast do live in a bubble that is not necessarily reflective of the entire country." [ video below]
Fill-in anchor John Berman previewed Lah's report by underlining that "millions of American women [are] still processing Hillary Clinton's defeat; and for many, the pain runs deep and transcends politics. So why was this election so personal for so many?" Camerota continued in this vein during the lead-in for the correspondent's segment: "Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump still crushing for many women of all ages — for them, her loss is running deeper than politics."
Lah first zeroed in on Clinton backer Leonora Pitts, who was interviewed from her "liberal community in Los Angeles."
Pitts was visibly upset by the results of the presidential election,
but was the first to acknowledge the liberal "bubble" in her West Coast
enclave: "As comforting as our bubble is that we live in; and as hard as
it is to have these conversations now (crying), it's...important to
start listening."
The
CNN journalist asked the California resident what made it so "personal"
for her. Pitts replied, "My children matter to me, and our minorities
matter to me — because they're my friends and they're my community, and I
want to make sure that they're okay — and they don't feel okay. They
feel really scared." Lah continued with two sobbing reactions to the
Democrat's loss from pop singer Miley Cyrus and from a YouTube video.
The correspondent then hyped how "emotion
has spilled onto the streets of Los Angeles — mothers carrying signs
and children; students walking out of classrooms at UCLA," and
followed with her soundbites from the three UCLA students. She asked
them, "When you say you have fear in you, what do you mean?" One
contended that "being a black Muslim woman in America today is very
scary; and Trump being elected just further builds onto my fear." Before
playing one last clip from Pitts, Lah emphasized, "More than a
week on, West Coast women are still learning about their new national
reality. It just doesn't look like any reality they believed they were
living."
Camerota
responded to the segment with her "bubble" point about the coastal
areas of the U.S.: "I think that that raises a very important point that
not everybody is talking about — which is, the geographical divide in
this country...people on the coasts feel completely different than a lot
of people in the heartland...[a]nd there is that divide in America,
where people on the coast do live in a bubble that is not necessarily
reflective of the entire country." Berman then played up how "Hillary Clinton leads right now by a million in the popular vote, and that number will go up. So, there are people who feel like — wait a second: our opinions were validated, but the results are not what we were expecting."
The full transcript of Kyung Lah's report from the November 17, 2016 edition of CNN's New Day:
ALISYN
CAMEROTA: Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump still crushing for
many women of all ages — for them, her loss is running deeper than
politics.
Here's CNN's Kyung Lah.
LEONORA PITTS, CLINTON SUPPORTER: All right. What time is it? Are you ready to get moving?
KYUNG
LAH (voice-over): Nothing in Leonora Pitts's routine in her liberal
community in Los Angeles has changed in the week since the presidential
election. Yet, everything has.
PITTS:
As comforting as — as our bubble is that we live in; and as hard as it
is to have these conversations now (crying), it's important to — I'm
sorry — it's important to start listening.
LAH (on-camera): Why is this so personal for you?
PITTS:
My children matter to me, and our minorities matter to me — because
they're my friends and they're my community, and I want to make sure
that they're okay — and they don't feel okay. They feel really scared.
LAH
(voice-over): If 2016 was identity politics, women across social media
feel theirs is under attack in Clinton's loss. Video messages from Miley
Cyrus—
MILEY
CYRUS (from Twitter video): (crying) But please: please just treat
people with love, and treat people with compassion, and treat people
with respect.
LAH: To ordinary voters.
UNIDENTIFIED
FEMALE (from YouTube video): (crying) This country is my home; and I
feel like it's not — I feel like I'm not welcome here anymore.
LAH:
Emotion has spilled onto the streets of Los Angeles — mothers carrying
signs and children; students walking out of classrooms at UCLA. These
UCLA students supported Hillary Clinton.
LAH: (on-camera): When you say you have fear in you, what do you mean?
HANNA
ALMALSSI, UCLA STUDENT: Well, I'm a woman. I'm black. I'm Muslim — and
those three factors — basically, being a black Muslim woman in America
today is very scary; and Trump being elected just further builds onto my
fear.
ABBEY
CHAPMAN, UCLA STUDENT: I think it scares me about how people look at me
as a woman. You know, how can I go forward knowing that people are okay
with somebody coming out and bragging about sexual assault; and then,
still voting for that person?
MELLISSA MEISELS, UCLA STUDENT: I've had to wake up to the reality that a lot of America is not like what Los Angeles is like.
LAH
(voice-over): More than a week on, West Coast women are still learning
about their new national reality. It just doesn't look like any reality
they believed they were living.
PITTS:
There's this underlying fear that's permeating everything; and it's —
it's really unsettling. It's a really unsettling feeling.
LAH: Kyung Lah, CNN, Los Angeles.
CAMEROTA
(live): I think that that raises a very important point that not
everybody is talking about — which is, the geographical divide in this
country. So, it's not just women. It's that people on the coasts feel
completely different than a lot of people in the heartland; in the
mid-section; And there is that divide in America, where people on the
coast do live in a bubble that is not necessarily reflective of the
entire country. And people are trying to now, sort of, reconcile that.
BERMAN:
There's (sic) a lot of things people are processing. Look, Hillary
Clinton leads right now by — by a million in the popular vote, and that
number will go up. So, there are people who feel like — wait a second:
our opinions were validated, but the results are not what we were
expecting. But, still — you know, people have to look and see how others
are thinking and feeling about this.
CAMEROTA: Absolutely. There's a lot to continue to process.
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By Kyle Drennen
Appearing on Thursday’s NBC Today,
nationally syndicated radio host and potential new White House press
secretary Laura Ingraham hit back at co-host Matt Lauer for suggesting
that the Trump administration would have “fence-mending” to do
with the media after the President-Elect “spent the last year and a half
basically calling members of the press and the media crooked, corrupt,
dishonest.”
Ingraham pointed out: “I
think the press has its own problems with credibility and building back
credibility with the American people. Every poll, not conservative
polls, show that there are a lot of folks out there who believe the
media is really biased and really was in the tank for Hillary Clinton....that's
the way most people view the press today. I think the press has a lot
of work to do to build back its own credibility.”
A
post-election Media Research Center/YouGov poll found that the public
saw media bias in favor of Clinton by a three-to-one margin.
Earlier in the Today
show exchange, co-host Savannah Guthrie laughingly worried about
Ingraham having too much of a “sharp tongue” for a White House role:
“Laura, we know you, we know your show, you have a sharp tongue, you’re
known for your sharp pen....You know, this is one of those jobs where
could create an international incident from the White House briefing
room.”
Ingraham
dismissed the criticism: “Oh, Savannah, sharp tongue? Oh, please....Is
that what you are really worried about, an international incident?”
She shared her full resume with viewers:
Look,
I think some folks who are watching now, they – you know, conservative
talk show host? But I was a Supreme Court clerk, I worked as a white
collar litigator at Skadden Arps. You know, I have a pretty broad career
in both government, as a young speech writer in the Reagan
administration, I worked at the Department of Transportation, the
Department of Education, and the White House in domestic policy. So, you
know, I understand there's a stereotype out there and that's fine.
Here is a full transcript of the November 17 segment:
7:05 AM ET
MATT
LAUER: One name being floated as a potential White House press
secretary is nationally syndicated radio host Laura Ingraham. She's also
editor-in-chief of LifeZette and a Fox News contributor. Laura, it’s
nice to see you, good morning.
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: Good morning.
LAURA INGRAHAM: Good to see you, guys.
LAUER: Have you talked about this job? Has it been offered to you?
INGRAHAM:
Well, I think it – I think they're focused right now on the cabinet,
which is, I think, the proper priority for things. I mean, you want to
get your cabinet people in place, and then you move down to other White
House staff. You know, the folks at the Trump transition, a lot of them
are very old friends of mine, we’ve known each other for a long time. We
know our writing styles, we know our speaking styles. And so, yeah,
it’s interesting to be –
LAUER:
I'm going to take this as a strong yes. I'm going to take this as
you've talked about it. Do you want it, I guess, is the other question?
INGRAHAM:
Well, you know, I – we have to have real conversations. And it really
is a privilege – I know it sounds cliche – it’s a privilege to be
considered. But they have an amazing group of young people at the
campaign and at the transition who really – they did the work to get
Donald Trump elected and they have a lot of talent to choose from. It's
nice to be considered but they have a lot of great people there, so
that's all I can say right now.
GUTHRIE: Real, quickly, Laura, we know you, we know your show, you have a sharp tongue, you’re known for your sharp pen –
INGRAHAM: Oh, Savannah, sharp tongue? Oh, please.
[LAUGHTER]
GUTHRIE: You know, this is one of those jobs where could create an international incident from the White House briefing room.
INGRAHAM:
Is that what you are really worried about, an international incident?
Look, I think some folks who are watching now, they – you know,
conservative talk show host? But I was a Supreme Court clerk, I worked
as a white collar litigator at Skadden Arps. You know, I have a pretty
broad career in both government, as a young speech writer in the Reagan
administration, I worked at the Department of Transportation, the
Department of Education, and the White House in domestic policy. So, you
know, I understand there's a stereotype out there and that's fine.
LAUER: More than meets the eye, okay. We get that, we get that.
INGRAHAM: Yeah, there’s a little more. And I’m a mother of three children who I just left at home.
GUTHRIE: Yes, you are.
LAUER: You make all your own clothes, great dancer, all that stuff.
INGRAHAM: I do. Matt, you’ve already pegged me. Thank you so much.
LAUER:
Alright, lets move on here. Nikki Haley said some tough things about
Donald Trump during the campaign, he said some tough things about her.
It was only at the very end, Laura, where she seemed to begrudgingly
say, “I’ll vote for Donald Trump.” Is she seriously being considered for
Secretary of State? Would she be good for the job?
INGRAHAM:
I think it shows that Donald Trump is not shutting out voices who were
critical of him in the campaign. For all the talk that Trump's going to
be this guy who holds grudges against – that’s just not the way he is.
He’s very practical and very pragmatic. He might not be as ideological
as some conservatives want him to be, I understand that concern. He's
very pragmatic and I think he’s going to look at people with a wide
variety of talents. You’re seeing that in the people coming and going
from Trump Tower right now. And if she’s there, I imagine she’s there to
be considered for a serious position, but I do not have any inside
information about what position Nikki Haley would be considered for.  LAUER:
Alright, let me do this. Let’s start – let’s end where we started. Let
me go back to you and the potential that you’re White House press
secretary. What’s the dynamic gonna be in that press room? Because
Donald Trump spent the last year and a half basically calling members of
the press and the media crooked, corrupt, dishonest. Is there gonna
have to be some fence-mending for whoever takes that position?
INGRAHAM:
Well, I think one thing that is going to be important, I would imagine,
for the Trump folks, is to have a very, you know, transparent and
practical approach to the press. I mean, I think the press has its own
problems with credibility and building back credibility with the
American people. Every poll, not conservative polls, show that there are
a lot of folks out there who believe the media is really biased and
really was in the tank for Hillary Clinton. And I know people don't like
to hear that, but that's the way most people view the press today. I
think the press has a lot of work to do to build back its own
credibility.
And
I think for Donald Trump, I think he wants someone who knows the
issues, who’s going to try to explain them to the American people, and
keep people updated. I don't think it's all that complicated. If you
understand the agenda that the Trump folks are going to be pursuing,
then you’ll be better prepared to take that message to the American
people and to the press. I think there are a lot of great people in the
press. I’ve known a lot of the reporters who are covering the White
House for many, many years, I happen to be friends with a lot of them.
We don't agree on everything, but that's okay. I think this is going to
be a process and people want clarity right off the bat. But I think it’s
gonna have to develop in its own way.
GUTHRIE:
Alright, Laura, here's a quickie for you. Do you think that Donald
Trump should appoint a special prosecutor to look into Hillary Clinton,
as he mentioned and some of his supporters really wanted him to do?
INGRAHAM:
I mean, I’m not thinking I’m going to be in the Justice Department
right now. I’m just – I don't have a view on that. I think there are a
lot of people who just want to turn the page and move past this very
rancorous time in American politics. You know, if I were on the outside
commenting on it, I probably would say let's move forward and get beyond
that, I don’t think most Americans want to spend months and months and
months going through, you know, what the Clintons did or didn’t do at
the foundation or with the private server. That’s my own sense. Again,
I’m not speaking for the administration, but I think a lot of people
want to turn the page and they want a fresh start.
LAUER: Alright, Laura Ingraham. Laura, I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing more of you. That’s just my hunch.
INGRAHAM: Matt, I like the beard, too.
LAUER: Thank you.
INGRAHAM: I’m not a beard – but it looks really good on you, excellent. Very cool.
LAUER: Thank you very much. We’ll see you soon, alright?
INGRAHAM: Alright, take care.
GUTHRIE: Thank you, Laura.
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By Scott Whitlock
 Hollywood
director Ethan Coen joined the celebrity freak out over Donald Trump’s
victory. One half of the famous Coen brothers, the filmmaker penned a New York Times op-ed on Sunday.
Writing a satirical set of “thank you notes,” he lashed out at Jimmy
Fallon for being too nice to a racist monster. Coen also blamed the
media for being... too objective, condemning “reportorial balance.”
Regarding
the genial Fallon, Coen sneered at the NBC late night host: “How did
you manage to shine a nonthreatening light on someone who alarms so many
women, frightens so many undocumented families and slurs so many
minorities? Can’t have been easy! Thanks!”
Playing the race card, he continued, “Maybe
now you could have the Grand Wizard on your show: He leans his head to
you, you slip his hood off and ruffle his hair. Could be a cute bit!”
The problem with journalists, according to Coen, is that they were too objective:
All
our media friends. Thank you for preserving reportorial balance. You
balanced Donald Trump’s proposal that the military execute the innocent
families of terrorists, against Hillary’s emails. You balanced
pot-stirring racist lies about President Obama’s birth, against
Hillary’s emails. You balanced a religious test at our borders, torture
by our military, jokes about assassination, unfounded claims of a rigged
election, boasts about groping and paradoxical threats to sue anyone
who confirmed the boasts, against Hillary’s emails. You balanced
endorsement of nuclear proliferation, against Hillary’s emails. You
balanced tirelessly, indefatigably; you balanced, you balanced, and then
you balanced some more. And for that — we thank you. And thank you all
for following Les Moonves’s principled lead when he said Donald Trump
“may not be good for America, but he’s damn good for CBS.”
The co-director of Fargo, True Grit and The Big Lebowski didn’t find much fault with Hillary Clinton:
I
cannot thank: Hillary Clinton. She is not a morally perfect person —
her fault! She was not the perfect candidate — her fault! Misogyny may
have magnified her failings so as to show them balancing the outsized
failings of her opponent — and that might not be her fault.
Coen joins director Joss Whedon, known for The Avengers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. On Monday,
he hyperventilated, “This is simple: Trump cannot CANNOT be allowed a
term in office. It's not about 2018. It's about RIGHT NOW.” Whedon did
not explain how he planned to stop Trump.
On Thursday,
Whedon tweeted about evil Republicans: “Ryan & the GOP were always
gonna fall in line for Trump. Libs quibble, evil shrugs.” In another
tweet on Thursday,
the director fumed, “Hillary played the woman card. Black activists -
the race card. But no one calls out Trump for playing the amoral
illiterate shitstain card.”
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By Nicholas Fondacaro
 Embarrassing news broke on Capitol Hill Thursday that House Minority Leader, and former House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi was being challenged for leadership. NBC Nightly News was the only network evening news program to report the development, with Andrea Mitchell stating, “ And
in another sign of democratic disarray after their losses, longtime
House Leader Nancy Pelosi is now being challenged for the first time by
an Ohio congressman, Tim Ryan, from the kind of rustbelt district Donald
Trump won overwhelmingly.”
But
there is far more to the story than the Hillary Clinton super fan let
on. According to Fox News Chief Congressional Correspondent Mike Emanuel
on Special Report, “Congressman Tim Ryan, is challenging Nancy
Pelosi saying Democrats will never be the majority party if they only
win New York and California.”
A letter Ryan released to the public explains the desperate situation House Democrats find themselves, Emanuel reading from it:
Under
our current leadership, Democrats have been reduced to our smallest
congressional minority since 1929. This should indicate to all of us
that keeping our leadership team completely unchanged will simply lead
to more disappointment in future elections.
Ryan’s
challenge comes the day after Pelosi fired a warning shot at potential
challengers, claiming she had the support of two thirds of the caucus.
“Leadership elections were supposed to be held today,” reported Emanuel,
“They were bumped back. Now, Congressman Ryan has about two weeks to
make his case to be the next Democratic leader.”
In stark contrast to their competitor, the superficial ABC decided to dedicate 20 whole seconds on World News Tonight to singer Adele being freaked out by a flying bat during her performance in Mexico City, Mexico. While on CBS Evening News,
they reported on the country’s largest buffalo roundup and auction for
over two minutes. A clear demonstration of how twisted their priorities
are and who they’re looking out for.
Transcripts below:
NBC Nightly News
November 17, 2016
7:06:01 PM Eastern
…
ANDREA MITCHELL: And
in another sign of democratic disarray after their losses, longtime
House Leader Nancy Pelosi is now being challenged for the first time by
an Ohio congressman, Tim Ryan, from the kind of rustbelt district Donald
Trump won overwhelmingly. Lester?
LESTER HOLT: Andrea Mitchell. Thank you, Andrea.
FNC
Special Report
November 17, 2016
6:00:16 PM Eastern
BRET
BAIER: This is a Fox News alert. I'm Bret Baier in Washington. We will
have the latest news on the Trump transition process, for
President-Elect Trump, in just a moment. But first, there's some news on
the Democratic side of the House. There might be changes, some signals
for House Democrats, a change perhaps coming. The headline here,
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is being challenged by a relatively little
known Ohio congressman. So what does that mean? Let's get the latest
from Chief Congressional Correspondent Mike Emanuel on Capitol Hill. Hi
Mike.
MIKE
EMANUEL: Bret, good evening. Ohio Democrat, Congressman Tim Ryan, is
challenging Nancy Pelosi saying Democrats will never be the majority
party if they only win New York and California. Ryan's letter to
colleagues saying, quote, “Under our current leadership, Democrats have
been reduced to our smallest congressional minority since 1929. This
should indicate to all of us that keeping our leadership team completely
unchanged will simply lead to more disappointment in future elections.”
Ryan sounded like he was ready to challenge Pelosi in an interview with
Fox yesterday.
 [Cuts to video]
TIM
RYAN: Well, I don't know if I'm the solution. But, I think we need to
have the conversation about who may be the solution. And maybe it's
Nancy Pelosi, maybe it's not.
[Cuts back to live]
EMANUEL:
[inaudible] returning to Capitol Hill, Pelosi has been chased by
reporters asking her about her future. She said the problem in this
election was at the presidential level and not with her. Pelosi has been
a Democratic Party leader for more than a dozen years and yesterday
fired a warning shot saying to colleagues, she has the support of
two-thirds of the Democratic caucus. Today, Pelosi acknowledged the
tension with her members.
[Cuts to video]
NANCY
PELOSI: There's a lot of unease. I don't see anything about what is
being suggested now as anything but the friendship of all of us. We are
family. I never said unanimity, but I did say unified. And I know we
will be.
[Cuts back to live]
EMANUEL:
Leadership elections were supposed to be held today. They were bumped
back. Now, Congressman Ryan has about two weeks to make his case to be
the next Democratic leader. Bret?
BAIER: Mike Emanuel, live on the Hill. Mike, thank you.
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By Curtis Houck
After
roughly a year and a half since her horrendously far-left and utterly
terrible MSNBC show was cancelled, CBS News announced on Wednesday that Alex Wagner will have a full-time TV gig again as she was named co-host of CBS This Morning: Saturday to replace Vinita Nair.
Variety’s Brian Steinberg broke the story as he showcased the left’s lack of self-realization by touting Wagner as “the popular one-time MSNBC host” who came to CBS a few months ago after writing for The Atlantic and appearing on the Showtime special The Circus.
Steinberg again harped on her MSNBC success (or lack thereof) with the mention of Now with Alex Wagner being an Emmy-nominated program.
Noticeably absent from Variety’s
post was the fact that the Ivy League-educated Wagner is married to
former Obama White House chef and Let’s Move partner Sam Kass in a
star-studded liberal ceremony in August 2014 featuring President Barack
Obama and the First Family.
As
my colleague Geoffrey Dickens chronicled back when Now was cancelled in
July 2015, Wagner’s worst moments ranged from sucking up to Chelsea
Clinton to claiming Republicans wanted to “punish” illegal immigrants with “alligator moats” at the border to Wagner ruling that a rally opposing illegal immigration made her ashamed to be an American.
Upon
perusing the vast NewsBusters archives for some other moments from
Wagner and her failed show, here are a few that were exhumed:
- A July 21, 2015 guest touted getting an abortion as routine as donating blood
- Trashed the late Antonin Scalia for possessing such a “deeply emotional, partisan core” on June 25, 2015
- Two guests on April 29, 2015 suggesting that labeling Baltimore rioters as “thugs” was as bad as using the n-word
- Guest Jamilah Lemieux informing Wagner on March 26, 2015 that “nothing says, let’s go kill some Muslims, like country music”
- Wagner admitting on October 23, 2014 that it’s “distressing” that the
Ottawa Islamic terror attack was being labeled a “terrorist act”
- She insisted on November 6, 2013 that she “tr[ies] to be” “non-partisan”
Wagner is set to start this Saturday alongside Anthony Mason, who will continue to be the other co-host. With CBS This Morning
typically known to be the more mundane but admirably newsier of the
three network morning shows, it’ll be interesting to see what kind of
liberal hysteria and hot takes will arise with Wagner at the helm.
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By Curtis Houck
Ultra-liberal Hollywood actor, director, and writer Rob Reiner was at it again on MSNBC’s Hardball Thursday
night blasting President-elect Donald Trump as anti-Semitic and when
challenged by host Chris Matthews, he went further into the gutter by
comparing Trump to “the Jewish police at the Warsaw Ghetto” that said “okay, you know, march through Germany” to the Nazis.
Reiner
arrived at this case of hypocrisy regarding inflammatory rhetoric by
ruling that someone doesn’t have to be directly discriminating against
minorities if they’re “comfortable with the fact that there are groups who hate” Jews, Latinos, Muslims and women.
Therefore, Trump could fit that bill even though, in his book, the President-elect is “anti-Semitic” in addition to “a misogynist” and “racist.”
“If
you are comfortable with having those groups support you, and you don't
in a forceful way, say, this is not part of who I am, then you are
basically the Jewish police at the Warsaw Ghetto. You're condoning it
and I've never heard Donald Trump ever say that he was against any of
those groups that are supporting it,” Reiner told to a stunned Matthews.
Matthews quickly refuted Reiner on the anti-Semitism charges by pointing out that it’s complicated since Trump’s “son-in-law [Jared Kushner] is very observant” in his Jewish faith while his daughter Ivanka converted in marrying Kushner in addition to the fact that “I get the feeling that he's going to be very pro-Israeli.”
The shameless actor chose to double down on the analogy:
I
go back to the Jewish police at the Warsaw ghetto. Yeah, there are Jews
that were fine with — you know, saying, it's going to be okay, you
know, march through Germany, it's going to be fine. There are people
like that and there are people who have economic interests that don't
have anything to do with holding up certain moral interests.
Bemoaning
the lack of progress in American in the decades since the 1960s, he
arrived at the election of President Barack Obama in 2008 following a
brief history lesson through his liberal prism but then reupped an
analogy from Monday night about standing up to Trump marking “the last battle of the Civil War”:
And
it's very disturbing to think that the first African-American President
is followed by somebody who is supported by the Ku Klux Klan. Very,
very disturbing. But in a way, I understand it because we're fighting
the last battle of the Civil War. It's the white nationalists hanging on
for dear life, and threatened by the idea that the country is moving
away from them, and is becoming more diverse and that's what we're
talking about here.
Ironically,
the segment started with the two liberals talking about Hillary
Clinton’s first public remarks since her concession speech and stating
that women have much more of an empathy for life than men because, in
the words of Reiner, “we also don't know what it's like to have a human being growing inside of us and nurturing a human being.”
Interesting. So it’s not just a fetus or clump of cells but “a human being?” I’ll be sure to remember this for the next time anyone of them tout their abortion credentials.
The relevant portion of the transcript from MSNBC’s Hardball on November 17 can be found below.
MSNBC’s Hardball
November 17, 2016
7:22 p.m. Eastern
 ROB
REINER: It doesn't matter whether you are discriminating against a
black person or a Muslim or a Latino, or a Jew. If you are comfortable
with the fact that there are groups who hate Muslims, hate Jews, hate
Latinos, hate women — if you are comfortable with having those groups
support you, and you don't in a forceful way, say, this is not part of
who I am, then you are basically the Jewish police at the Warsaw Ghetto.
You're condoning it and I've never heard Donald Trump ever say that he
was against any of those groups that are supporting it.
CHRIS
MATTHEWS: Well, let's talk about the complexity of that because in his,
I don't want to say the old, some of my best friends are or any of that
stuff, but his son-in-law is very observant. He's Jewish, and his
daughter has converted, you know, looks to be his favorite daughter,
perhaps. So that's all happening around him. He's also, you know, I get
the feeling that he's going to be very pro-Israeli. I don't know if that
clicks with you or not, coincides with your thinking about him, but I
think he's more complicated than this. I mean, he's talking about
picking — some of these guys he's talking about picking — John Bolton?
REINER:
I go back to the Jewish police at the Warsaw ghetto. Yeah, there are
Jews that were fine with — you know, saying, it's going to be okay, you
know, march through Germany, it's going to be fine. There are people
like that and there are people who have economic interests that don't
have anything to do with holding up certain moral interests. Now, look
at what's happened in this country and you've talked about it. I've
heard you talk about it, Chris. You have, you know, you had the Voting
Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Loving versus Virginia
in 1967, and things were moving in a very good direction. It was
difficult, but it was moving in a good direction and then you had in the
'70s, with All in the Family, we shone a light on racism. Then
you had the '80s and the '90s and you had stars on television, Oprah
Winfrey, you had stars in TV and in movies, and culminating with the
first African-American President and at that point, I think, what we
didn't understand is that that racism that exists in our country, which
had been submerged, all of a sudden, through Donald Trump and giving a
megaphone, starting with the birther issue, unearthed all of this racism
that has bubbled to the surface. And it's very disturbing to think that
the first African-American President is followed by somebody who is
supported by the Ku Klux Klan. Very, very disturbing. But in a way, I
understand it because we're fighting the last battle of the Civil War.
It's the white nationalists hanging on for dear life, and threatened by
the idea that the country is moving away from them, and is becoming more
diverse and that's what we're talking about here. So, you know, we
can't sugar coat this. This is really, really rough stuff, but, we do
move forward and sometimes you take two steps forward, one step back and
it's not a straight line and this, in a way, I think, has shown America
where we are and what racism pervades underneath. And hopefully, this
will move us forward in the future.
MATTHEWS:
Well, it is a dialectic, I completely agree with you and I've given a
speech like that to an African-American newspaper in Philly one time
years ago and I believe it's a war and a war goes on. It goes back to
the Civil War to the Know-Nothings, all the way through the suffragette
movement. There's always this left versus right. It's not that neat, but
it is a battle about values and who we are. Rob Reiner, I've always
considered you an unhyphenated Democrat who knows his values.
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By Scott Whitlock
Jon Stewart may have surprised people on Thursday as he called out fellow liberals and demanded they stop trashing all Trump voters as a bunch of bigots. CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose apparently expected the former Daily Show host to blast the new president-elect. Rose wondered if Stewart’s reaction to Trump is “fear.”
Instead,
the comic cautioned, “There is now this idea that anyone who voted for
him... has to be defined by the worst of his rhetoric.” Speaking of
Trump supporters he knows, Stewart explained that “there are
guys in my neighborhood” “who are not afraid of Mexicans and not afraid
of Muslims and not afraid of blacks. They are afraid of their insurance
premiums.”
Specifically singling out liberals, Stewart called out:
JON
STEWART In the liberal community you hate this idea of creating people
as a monolith. Don't look at Muslims as a monolith. They are
individuals and it would be ignorance. But everybody who voted for Trump
is a monolith, is a racist? That hypocrisy is also real in our country.
This is the fight we wage against ourselves and each other.
 The
comic didn’t name names, but he might have been talking about fellow
celebrities like Amy Schumer. After the election, she put out an
Instagram reaction in which she wondered if Trump supporters were “able
to read this far through the holes in your sheets.”
Stewart responded to Rose’s question about being “fearful” with a very even, measured tone. He calmed the CBS host down:
STEWART:
I don't believe we are a fundamentally different country today than we
were two weeks ago. The same country, with all its grace and flaws and
volatility and strength and resilience, exists today as existed two
weeks ago. The same country that elected Donald Trump, elected Barack
Obama.
A transcript of the segment is below:
CBS This Morning
11/17/16
7:32:27AM ET
 CHARLIE
ROSE: After Jon Stewart left the Daily Show, much of the presidential
campaign went on without Jon Stewart's satirical point of view. We met
with Stewart yesterday to discuss a new book about the more than 16
years he spent at the Comedy Central program. He was quick to give his
post-election analysis. We just went through an election.
JON STEWART: What?
ROSE: Yes! Your reaction to this election?
STEWART: Uh—
ROSE: Surprise?
STEWART: Surprise? Surprise? It all ties together.
ROSE: Fear?
 STEWART:
Well, fear? You know, here is what I would honestly say. I don't
believe we are a fundamentally different country today than we were two
weeks ago. The same country, with all its grace and flaws and volatility
and strength and resilience, exists today as existed two weeks ago. The
same country that elected Donald Trump, elected Barack Obama. I feel
badly for the people for whom this election will mean more uncertainty
and insecurity. But I also feel like this fight has never been easy. And
the ultimate irony of this election is the cynical strategy of the
Republicans, which is our position is government doesn't work. We are
going to make sure that it doesn't—
ROSE: Drain the swamp.
STEWART:
but they are not draining the swamp. McConnell and Ryan, those guys are
the swamp and what they decided to do was “I'm going to make sure
government doesn't work and then I'm going to use its lack of working as
evidence of it.” Donald Trump is a reaction, not just to Democrats, but
to Republicans. He's not a Republican. He's a repudiation of
Republicans. but they will reap the benefit of his victory in all of
their cynicism. In all of their — I guarantee you people are coming to
Jesus now about the power of government. One of the things that struck
me odd about this election and maybe I missed it, but nobody asked
Donald Trump what makes America great? And that was the part that I —
ROSE: He wants to make America great again but nobody said to him, well, what is it that makes America great?
STEWART: Correct.
ROSE: What is it you want to do that we are not doing now?
STEWART:
What are the metrics? Because it seems like, from listening to him, the
metrics are that it's a competition and I think what many would say is
what makes us great is America is an anomaly in the world. Nobody —
There are a lot of people, and I think his candidacy has animated that
thought that a multiethnic democracy, a multicultural democracy is
impossible. And that is what America, by its founding and
constitutionally is.
ROSE: And is become more and more, year by year.
STEWART: Correct, correct.
ROSE:
But do you think it's healthy that we have this now, that, in fact,
battle, this real sense of finding out who we are and whether we have
gone off track in some way?
STEWART:
Yes — Absolutely. You know, I think you — I would rather have this
conversation openly and honestly than in dog whistles. You know,
somebody say there might be an anti-Semite working in the White House
and I was, like, “Have you listened to the Nixon tapes?” Like, forgot
about advising the President. The president. Like, have you read LBJ? Do
you know our history? You know? This is — and we also have to caution
ourselves to the complexity of that history. I thought Donald Trump
disqualified himself at numerous points. But there is now this idea that
anyone who voted for him is — has to be defined by the worst of his
rhetoric. Like, there are guys in my neighborhood that I love, that I
respect, that I think have incredible qualities, who are not afraid of
Mexicans and not afraid of Muslims and not afraid of blacks. They are
afraid of their insurance premiums.
In
the liberal community you hate this idea of creating people as a
monolith. Don’t look at Muslims as a monolith. They are individuals and
it would be ignorance. But everybody who voted for Trump is a monolith,
is a racist? That hypocrisy is also real in our country. This is the
fight we wage against ourselves and each other. Because America is not
natural. Natural is tribal. We are fighting against thousands of years
of human behavior and history to create something that no one has ever —
that is what is exceptional about America and that is what is what —
like, this ain't easy. It's an incredible thing.
GAYLE KING: Incredible thing. It's so nice to hear from him, Charlie, about this.
ROSE:
He is very reflective about the country and the election. He does not
miss being at Comedy Central but has a lot to say and you know how much
his voice was missed when you heard him.
KING: Yes.
NORAH O’DONNELL: I like it.
ROSE: Very interesting points.
O’DONNELL:
I like how he, rather than dismissing Trump or those who voted for him,
tried to explain and understand why they voted for him and not — don't
paint them as a monolith.
ROSE:
About all of the things the people are talking about in terms of
Muslims and that, they are worried about insurance premiums.
KING:
It shows how people jump to conclusions. Jon Stewart is basically
saying, “Calm down. Everybody think.” That America is going to be okay.
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